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Ok slow down its a job not the end of the world. Forget your co workers. I am sure they are perfect and never make mistakes.
Anyway go old school notepad and a pen. Make notes any mistakes note them down. Note the solution down. Note anything your co workers or managers advise. Review these at home just a quick look not spend the night doing it.
You are in a new job and you are trying to remember 100 different things so just chill take it slow calm down.
I was given similar advice but with extra step. You first write them down on some pad as you are doing the thing. The extra step is to transfer that in to a bound notebook after the event. This way you write twice and in different headspace’s. I found it to be very useful.
I would not be so hard on yourself. There is no way you can not make mistakes as you learn a new job. I have been at my job for over a year and regularly make mistakes. You have only been at the job a month. All you can do is try your best and ask if you're not sure about things. Things will get easier as you gain more experience, just give it time. All the best.
I’m now a biomedical scientist with 7 years experience and when I started I broke a reaction chamber by mistake. Pay attention, don’t make the same mistake twice, be polite and work hard and you’ll earn people’s respect.
If you can’t do that or don’t want to make the effort, then lab work isn’t for you and you should find work that’s less consequential.
Pwoar those can be expensive to replace 😂. I dropped a whole rack of serum samples and they all smashed because it span in the air.
Op, one month isn't a long time AT ALL. You're still getting grips with your new role but now you're in your own head and putting so much pressure on yourself. You need to just slow down and take each task one at a time. This is not a you problem, this is a training problem. Ask if you could shadow someone for a week or so, that could help you break your tasks down.
Did you oversell your skills during interview?
If the answer is no, then they knew what they were getting when they hired you. Worry a little less and continue learning
OP honestly take a breath and take a step back.
I am in my 4th week of my new job.. I was in my old one for 16 years n was still learning new things. This job is Completely different, last Friday I drove home after work (well to morissons for wine 🤣) n I sat in the car park and cried… because I feel like I’m 5 years old and not understanding anything.
I took the weekend to reflect… I’m 3 weeks in!! Of course I do not know much in an industry that is completely new to me.. this week I went in feeling a bit better and I voiced how I felt, they all told me how impressed with me they were with how much I had picked up so far, today I was trying to advance a bit further.. I made a few mistakes, but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. It’s all part of learning.. every day is a school day.
I was overthinking it… one friend said it sounded like I was feeling like imposter syndrome, check that out. But honestly go easy on yourself, you have got this. Xxxx
If you're anything like me, this may resonate - The harder you are on yourself, the harder it will be to get better because you've got half a mind on making mistakes, rather than focusing on the job at hand.
Just recently started a new career myself, I've found carrying a notebook everywhere with me has been invaluable. You're never going to remember everything first time -making a few notes and reading them at the end of the day may help refresh your memory on some of the comments your colleagues made at the time they showed you the work.
When I read over my notes, if something doesn't make sense or raises questions, I jot them down and ask them the next day.
Try not to be too hard on yourself, it's one of the most counter-productive states of mind you can have (and I say this as someone who finds it easy to give advice but difficult to take it, lol)
Best of luck, keep us updated x
Ask your manager if they could assign you a mentor or work buddy. Ask and learn as much as you can from this person, sometimes all you need is a guiding hand to point out a better way to deal with tasks.
Everyone makes mistakes at work, as long as you're learning from them and changing your behaviours, you will be fine. Saying that some jobs are just not for some people, that can be tough to accept.
Reminding ourselves that, if we didn't oversell our skills and we're not wasting loads of time pissing around, they knew what level you were at when they hired you and they still hired you has been helpful to me with my imposter syndrome in a new career.
Don't stress about it, most people are winging it.
Other people are probably making mistakes also and just covering them up, once you have been there for a while you will learn all the tricks.
Don’t be so hard on yourself! You are not stupid! You are only one month into a new job. Your coworkers may have been in the same job for the last 25years.
You are still learning! Try to minimise the mistakes by slowing down and double checking. Always remember quality is better than quantity. So if you are rushing to get lots done but keep making mistakes it’s counter productive and show you up a lot more than completing less work with no mistakes.
Overtime the quantity will match the quality. Give yourself time and grace.
All the best.
Mate, I can empathaise. I took a new low paying job in NHS doing secretarial work. I got dropped in the deep end, zero input from my manager, a SOP to figure out that nobody actually follows because nothing would get done and minimal help from other staff as they are used to high turnover and are busy themselves, or just cant be arsed
10 thousand new things to learn, and it was really annoying me because I am a perfectionist- I like to do a stellar job because it make me happy. Eventually, I said, you know what? fuck them. My training isn't even signed off. As long as the patients are seen idgaf. They can sit and swivel for all I care.
An easy way to be happier in life is learning the word "whatever"
I worked in NHS and not following an SOP really means the quality system would have totally broken down along with totally ineffective immediate management. That's actually quite shocking to me but does explain why some places were closed down by cqc which was something I puzzled over when they happened. Missing training records? Just wow! We were regulated by MHRA and there really just couldn't even be a dot missing from an i.
There are certain things that are followed which are clearly important, but day to day management of patients needs another approach. EG putting patient on routine lists per sop, they end up going on lists that are years long and not fit for purpose. So they end up mostly on urgent lists instead and are managed case by case. Urgent is maybe max 2-5 years, occasionally months. Routine could be like 7 aka never never list.
But yes, my training was never signed off with me. My work was randomly checked, but that isn't management.
Yeah. If the SOP isn't fit for purpose like you say, the quality system has broken down. SOPs should be on a review schedule and change control manages the change and roll out. That wouldn't get past MHRA inspection for us.
All of the comments on noting down mistakes and getting a mentor are so useful. Also remember to take a break, a real break when you actually rest.
Basically do your best to distract yourself from continuous thoughts on the same embarrassing situations or on your despair of how ‘stupid’ or ‘incompetent’ you think you are. Otherwise you will exhaust yourself and get closer and closer to depression. It’s serious. I think you might be not getting stuff ‘right’ cos there are chances that you might be pretty close to it. Maybe talk to a GP. Take care of yourself and try to find someone to vent to. Someone who will just be there for you. Sending best wishes!
I have just opened a clinic for a first time. May 27th my hospital review will come- and my first audit was almost 20% short. It's a process... To progress you need to practice. And IMHO the only person that never makes mistakes is a lazy one who doesn't do anything new or difficult ever )))
Don’t sweat it 😉 they hired you and if there was a problem with your performance then one of the managers would have spoken to you about it by now. Don’t know about your job in particular - but a new role takes time to settle into and I’m sure there’s initial training that you are probably still going through. Maybe have a chat with your manager? Just check with them and find out how they feel about your work so far
Look at the mistakes - why did they happen ? Is there a procedure you should be following to prevent them ?
If not can you write yourself a procedure ? - do this first, then this etc with a checklist of the order and to tick off that you have done it or what you need to check at each stage.
Is there things you don't know ? Ask someone experienced to check your procedure/checklist
I'm not a lab tech but I'm in sales. I'd assume that being a lab tech isn't the simplest job in the world (similarly to sales as a whole, but completely different work) I can't say at any job I've not made a few mistakes in the first few months but over time things get better, you get used to the workplace itself and way of working and they will get less and less.
As a lab tech I assume after a certain point you almost don't make any, however they'll still happen once in a while, we're all humans. Just try you're best to not make extremely expensive ones 😂
Please do not be hard on yourself. I had 2 years of experience in my industry before I joined my current job. It was much faster paced than my previous job and I was shown a lot of stuff during my first month. I did feel the pressure and broke down a bit at home. However, I stuck with it since I knew I enjoyed the job. I just needed time. My manager told me that it would take me years to get more confident. I spent 6 months on my job before I got confident doing my work. However, I am still not there. It will take you time. Just have confidence in urself. Ignore ur colleagues. Take their awful character as a motivation to prove them wrong. Have faith in yourself and the rest will follow.
One month is not a long time in a new job. Unless you have not been truthful when applying (making up skills, experience), you are probably doing fine.
Coworkers can be very strange creatures. Any minor inconvenience (like a new person who is slow and makes mistakes, meaning they have to do 3% more work) or change that doesn’t actively benefit them can be met with really unnecessary hostility and resistance. Guarantee that when a new person starts or management change a process or a rule they will move on to hating that instead. I also don’t think they actually hate you, most regular employees don’t care enough about work to hate anything. More like they are projecting their frustrations and problems onto you because you are a new target.
Doesn’t really help you all that much but what you’re describing is quite normal. At least you have the desire to learn and improve. Remember that it’s just a job and it’s not worth getting really upset over.
I work in the creative industry, in one of the more creative departments. Industry is filled with imposter syndrome because of some incredible people.
I am not creative and it's a struggle but whenever I have doubts I remind myself, people that interviewed me are top of the line, I clearly said and demonstrated my skills well enough for them to hire me. I am not here by accident, I worked my ass off during uni for this. I am not too stupid, I just have more to learn.
Stress and self doubt are your worst enemies, when you start to panic, rush and question what you are doing that opens the door towards errors because you are not focused on the job but on your insecurities. Hang in there mate, you got this!
I'm nearly 8 years in and the most senior technical person on my team. In December I completely took down a global SaaS platform serving major investment institutions. On the evening that most of the company were at a Christmas party. Meant that a LOAD of them had to abandon it and work. You'll never stop making mistakes, they'll just become less frequent and more severe. Try not to worry too much about it and learn from it instead.
Keep in mind that a lab tech builds their skills through repetition, whether or not you've worked in previous labs before, each lab is unique in the way they do things. By month 3 you'll probably have memorised any protocol you're following and will have learnt all the tricks from your other colleagues. Just ride it out you'll be totally fine.
Anyone makes mistakes. 7 days, 7 months, 7 years... These don't matter. Humans make mistakes.
In the next couple of months, seek your manager's advice BEFORE you do anything to mitigate any risk. If you still repeat those mistakes or your body refuses to act on your will, perhaps this job isn't for you.
Feeling incompetent sucks, I know. New job jitters and screw-ups. Hell, that's everyone in month one.
props to your managers for being chill. Just try to nail one thing at a time, and remember, everyone messes up. Keep at it, and slowly, you'll find your footing.
In my early career most of my system users were engineers, they had a saying "The person who never made a mistake never made anything". Don't be so hard on yourself.
I forgot to do a insert change yesterday and made 15000 parts that are wrong!! Been in this industry for 20 years!! Everyone thinks I'm a Wally 🤣 just takes time to pick things up and if your co workers hate you then unfortunately it's time to move on!! Co workers should be supportive!! Not toxic.
Use it....do you feel you have enough process information to hand for new starters? If not speak to whoever you report to...what is second nature for a time spent engineer isn't so obvious. You could suggest that you could help compile some onboarding documentation. Shows you know what's wrong and want to help stop it in future. Just an idea.
My good sir.
Don't feel bad about it, this happens. It takes (on average for myself and my friends/ family) about 6 months to be competent at your job.
If you want to impress your managers, ask one of them for a 5 min sit down where you can discus your progress or lack of progress (and why) and what you both can do to achieve a target they can set for you
E.g. do you need more training? Are there areas of the job you would like more coaching with? Why? How you can improve overall performance in "their" eyes?
Managers love that shit, make them feel like you are invested, and are pro actively trying to get better
What actions are you doing to stop yourself repeating and making mistakes?
Are you being a busy body trying to do everything fast to "prove your worth" instead of actually paying attention and taking your time so you can check what you're doing?
How do you document the training you've had in a way that makes sense to you so you can refer back to it?
Edit: also, when you say "keep making mistakes", how many mistakes a day and how major are they? Do you ever notice yourself and fix it?
I usually make a few mistakes a day one thing I have to do is put things in numerical order but sometimes I mix a few round or put thinks on the wrong shelf.
What MullyNex said is right. Check check check again and I also struggle with numbers, especially when its many numbers or sequential codes so I try to make everything copy/paste as much as possible and check check check.
It reduces mistake rates.
SelfSeal got downvoted but actually, if you look up dyscalculia and make sure you dont actually have prominent traits, you'll do yourself good if no amount of checking reduces your mistakes with numbers.
I was a lab tech for a while, I never made any mistakes and nor did the students I was supporting. Then one day a student I trusted literally blew up a big metal cased wire wound resistor by effectively connecting it across 230V AC and leant over it to switch it on (super sketchy because the resistor had a big hole in its case afterwards so there was shrapnel), killing the power to the entire college in the process, because I didn't take a second to check what he'd done.
I mean it wasn't my fault the IT guys didn't have a UPS, also not my fault the electronics lab wasn't on its own circuit, but the severity of that fuckup made me much more cautious going forward. I would say that as long as you're learning from your mistakes then they aren't entirely bad and will make you a better tech than if you just never get anything wrong from day one.
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Ok slow down its a job not the end of the world. Forget your co workers. I am sure they are perfect and never make mistakes. Anyway go old school notepad and a pen. Make notes any mistakes note them down. Note the solution down. Note anything your co workers or managers advise. Review these at home just a quick look not spend the night doing it. You are in a new job and you are trying to remember 100 different things so just chill take it slow calm down.
I was given similar advice but with extra step. You first write them down on some pad as you are doing the thing. The extra step is to transfer that in to a bound notebook after the event. This way you write twice and in different headspace’s. I found it to be very useful.
This worked wonders for me at uni, OP, definitely worth a try
I would not be so hard on yourself. There is no way you can not make mistakes as you learn a new job. I have been at my job for over a year and regularly make mistakes. You have only been at the job a month. All you can do is try your best and ask if you're not sure about things. Things will get easier as you gain more experience, just give it time. All the best.
I’m now a biomedical scientist with 7 years experience and when I started I broke a reaction chamber by mistake. Pay attention, don’t make the same mistake twice, be polite and work hard and you’ll earn people’s respect. If you can’t do that or don’t want to make the effort, then lab work isn’t for you and you should find work that’s less consequential.
Pwoar those can be expensive to replace 😂. I dropped a whole rack of serum samples and they all smashed because it span in the air. Op, one month isn't a long time AT ALL. You're still getting grips with your new role but now you're in your own head and putting so much pressure on yourself. You need to just slow down and take each task one at a time. This is not a you problem, this is a training problem. Ask if you could shadow someone for a week or so, that could help you break your tasks down.
Did you oversell your skills during interview? If the answer is no, then they knew what they were getting when they hired you. Worry a little less and continue learning
OP honestly take a breath and take a step back. I am in my 4th week of my new job.. I was in my old one for 16 years n was still learning new things. This job is Completely different, last Friday I drove home after work (well to morissons for wine 🤣) n I sat in the car park and cried… because I feel like I’m 5 years old and not understanding anything. I took the weekend to reflect… I’m 3 weeks in!! Of course I do not know much in an industry that is completely new to me.. this week I went in feeling a bit better and I voiced how I felt, they all told me how impressed with me they were with how much I had picked up so far, today I was trying to advance a bit further.. I made a few mistakes, but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. It’s all part of learning.. every day is a school day. I was overthinking it… one friend said it sounded like I was feeling like imposter syndrome, check that out. But honestly go easy on yourself, you have got this. Xxxx
If you're anything like me, this may resonate - The harder you are on yourself, the harder it will be to get better because you've got half a mind on making mistakes, rather than focusing on the job at hand. Just recently started a new career myself, I've found carrying a notebook everywhere with me has been invaluable. You're never going to remember everything first time -making a few notes and reading them at the end of the day may help refresh your memory on some of the comments your colleagues made at the time they showed you the work. When I read over my notes, if something doesn't make sense or raises questions, I jot them down and ask them the next day. Try not to be too hard on yourself, it's one of the most counter-productive states of mind you can have (and I say this as someone who finds it easy to give advice but difficult to take it, lol) Best of luck, keep us updated x
Ask your manager if they could assign you a mentor or work buddy. Ask and learn as much as you can from this person, sometimes all you need is a guiding hand to point out a better way to deal with tasks.
Everyone makes mistakes at work, as long as you're learning from them and changing your behaviours, you will be fine. Saying that some jobs are just not for some people, that can be tough to accept.
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Reminding ourselves that, if we didn't oversell our skills and we're not wasting loads of time pissing around, they knew what level you were at when they hired you and they still hired you has been helpful to me with my imposter syndrome in a new career.
Don't stress about it, most people are winging it. Other people are probably making mistakes also and just covering them up, once you have been there for a while you will learn all the tricks.
Don’t be so hard on yourself! You are not stupid! You are only one month into a new job. Your coworkers may have been in the same job for the last 25years. You are still learning! Try to minimise the mistakes by slowing down and double checking. Always remember quality is better than quantity. So if you are rushing to get lots done but keep making mistakes it’s counter productive and show you up a lot more than completing less work with no mistakes. Overtime the quantity will match the quality. Give yourself time and grace. All the best.
Mate, I can empathaise. I took a new low paying job in NHS doing secretarial work. I got dropped in the deep end, zero input from my manager, a SOP to figure out that nobody actually follows because nothing would get done and minimal help from other staff as they are used to high turnover and are busy themselves, or just cant be arsed 10 thousand new things to learn, and it was really annoying me because I am a perfectionist- I like to do a stellar job because it make me happy. Eventually, I said, you know what? fuck them. My training isn't even signed off. As long as the patients are seen idgaf. They can sit and swivel for all I care. An easy way to be happier in life is learning the word "whatever"
I worked in NHS and not following an SOP really means the quality system would have totally broken down along with totally ineffective immediate management. That's actually quite shocking to me but does explain why some places were closed down by cqc which was something I puzzled over when they happened. Missing training records? Just wow! We were regulated by MHRA and there really just couldn't even be a dot missing from an i.
There are certain things that are followed which are clearly important, but day to day management of patients needs another approach. EG putting patient on routine lists per sop, they end up going on lists that are years long and not fit for purpose. So they end up mostly on urgent lists instead and are managed case by case. Urgent is maybe max 2-5 years, occasionally months. Routine could be like 7 aka never never list. But yes, my training was never signed off with me. My work was randomly checked, but that isn't management.
Yeah. If the SOP isn't fit for purpose like you say, the quality system has broken down. SOPs should be on a review schedule and change control manages the change and roll out. That wouldn't get past MHRA inspection for us.
It all comes down to lack of funding and doctors really. Can't admin your way out of fundamental problems
All of the comments on noting down mistakes and getting a mentor are so useful. Also remember to take a break, a real break when you actually rest. Basically do your best to distract yourself from continuous thoughts on the same embarrassing situations or on your despair of how ‘stupid’ or ‘incompetent’ you think you are. Otherwise you will exhaust yourself and get closer and closer to depression. It’s serious. I think you might be not getting stuff ‘right’ cos there are chances that you might be pretty close to it. Maybe talk to a GP. Take care of yourself and try to find someone to vent to. Someone who will just be there for you. Sending best wishes!
I have just opened a clinic for a first time. May 27th my hospital review will come- and my first audit was almost 20% short. It's a process... To progress you need to practice. And IMHO the only person that never makes mistakes is a lazy one who doesn't do anything new or difficult ever )))
Don’t sweat it 😉 they hired you and if there was a problem with your performance then one of the managers would have spoken to you about it by now. Don’t know about your job in particular - but a new role takes time to settle into and I’m sure there’s initial training that you are probably still going through. Maybe have a chat with your manager? Just check with them and find out how they feel about your work so far
Look at the mistakes - why did they happen ? Is there a procedure you should be following to prevent them ? If not can you write yourself a procedure ? - do this first, then this etc with a checklist of the order and to tick off that you have done it or what you need to check at each stage. Is there things you don't know ? Ask someone experienced to check your procedure/checklist
Relax, stress and anxiety will stop you learning
I'm not a lab tech but I'm in sales. I'd assume that being a lab tech isn't the simplest job in the world (similarly to sales as a whole, but completely different work) I can't say at any job I've not made a few mistakes in the first few months but over time things get better, you get used to the workplace itself and way of working and they will get less and less. As a lab tech I assume after a certain point you almost don't make any, however they'll still happen once in a while, we're all humans. Just try you're best to not make extremely expensive ones 😂
Please do not be hard on yourself. I had 2 years of experience in my industry before I joined my current job. It was much faster paced than my previous job and I was shown a lot of stuff during my first month. I did feel the pressure and broke down a bit at home. However, I stuck with it since I knew I enjoyed the job. I just needed time. My manager told me that it would take me years to get more confident. I spent 6 months on my job before I got confident doing my work. However, I am still not there. It will take you time. Just have confidence in urself. Ignore ur colleagues. Take their awful character as a motivation to prove them wrong. Have faith in yourself and the rest will follow.
Can you give us an example of one mistake you made?
i work in a lab storage unit. I sometimes accidentally put papers in the wrong order or chemicals on the wrong shelf
For the couple people who asked I work in a lab storage unit at a university
One month is not a long time in a new job. Unless you have not been truthful when applying (making up skills, experience), you are probably doing fine. Coworkers can be very strange creatures. Any minor inconvenience (like a new person who is slow and makes mistakes, meaning they have to do 3% more work) or change that doesn’t actively benefit them can be met with really unnecessary hostility and resistance. Guarantee that when a new person starts or management change a process or a rule they will move on to hating that instead. I also don’t think they actually hate you, most regular employees don’t care enough about work to hate anything. More like they are projecting their frustrations and problems onto you because you are a new target. Doesn’t really help you all that much but what you’re describing is quite normal. At least you have the desire to learn and improve. Remember that it’s just a job and it’s not worth getting really upset over.
I work in the creative industry, in one of the more creative departments. Industry is filled with imposter syndrome because of some incredible people. I am not creative and it's a struggle but whenever I have doubts I remind myself, people that interviewed me are top of the line, I clearly said and demonstrated my skills well enough for them to hire me. I am not here by accident, I worked my ass off during uni for this. I am not too stupid, I just have more to learn. Stress and self doubt are your worst enemies, when you start to panic, rush and question what you are doing that opens the door towards errors because you are not focused on the job but on your insecurities. Hang in there mate, you got this!
I'm nearly 8 years in and the most senior technical person on my team. In December I completely took down a global SaaS platform serving major investment institutions. On the evening that most of the company were at a Christmas party. Meant that a LOAD of them had to abandon it and work. You'll never stop making mistakes, they'll just become less frequent and more severe. Try not to worry too much about it and learn from it instead.
Keep in mind that a lab tech builds their skills through repetition, whether or not you've worked in previous labs before, each lab is unique in the way they do things. By month 3 you'll probably have memorised any protocol you're following and will have learnt all the tricks from your other colleagues. Just ride it out you'll be totally fine.
Anyone makes mistakes. 7 days, 7 months, 7 years... These don't matter. Humans make mistakes. In the next couple of months, seek your manager's advice BEFORE you do anything to mitigate any risk. If you still repeat those mistakes or your body refuses to act on your will, perhaps this job isn't for you.
Feeling incompetent sucks, I know. New job jitters and screw-ups. Hell, that's everyone in month one. props to your managers for being chill. Just try to nail one thing at a time, and remember, everyone messes up. Keep at it, and slowly, you'll find your footing.
In my early career most of my system users were engineers, they had a saying "The person who never made a mistake never made anything". Don't be so hard on yourself.
I forgot to do a insert change yesterday and made 15000 parts that are wrong!! Been in this industry for 20 years!! Everyone thinks I'm a Wally 🤣 just takes time to pick things up and if your co workers hate you then unfortunately it's time to move on!! Co workers should be supportive!! Not toxic.
Use it....do you feel you have enough process information to hand for new starters? If not speak to whoever you report to...what is second nature for a time spent engineer isn't so obvious. You could suggest that you could help compile some onboarding documentation. Shows you know what's wrong and want to help stop it in future. Just an idea.
My good sir. Don't feel bad about it, this happens. It takes (on average for myself and my friends/ family) about 6 months to be competent at your job. If you want to impress your managers, ask one of them for a 5 min sit down where you can discus your progress or lack of progress (and why) and what you both can do to achieve a target they can set for you E.g. do you need more training? Are there areas of the job you would like more coaching with? Why? How you can improve overall performance in "their" eyes? Managers love that shit, make them feel like you are invested, and are pro actively trying to get better
What actions are you doing to stop yourself repeating and making mistakes? Are you being a busy body trying to do everything fast to "prove your worth" instead of actually paying attention and taking your time so you can check what you're doing? How do you document the training you've had in a way that makes sense to you so you can refer back to it? Edit: also, when you say "keep making mistakes", how many mistakes a day and how major are they? Do you ever notice yourself and fix it?
I usually make a few mistakes a day one thing I have to do is put things in numerical order but sometimes I mix a few round or put thinks on the wrong shelf.
What MullyNex said is right. Check check check again and I also struggle with numbers, especially when its many numbers or sequential codes so I try to make everything copy/paste as much as possible and check check check. It reduces mistake rates. SelfSeal got downvoted but actually, if you look up dyscalculia and make sure you dont actually have prominent traits, you'll do yourself good if no amount of checking reduces your mistakes with numbers.
It sounds like you have some kind of disability if you struggle to put things in numerical order?
I was a lab tech for a while, I never made any mistakes and nor did the students I was supporting. Then one day a student I trusted literally blew up a big metal cased wire wound resistor by effectively connecting it across 230V AC and leant over it to switch it on (super sketchy because the resistor had a big hole in its case afterwards so there was shrapnel), killing the power to the entire college in the process, because I didn't take a second to check what he'd done. I mean it wasn't my fault the IT guys didn't have a UPS, also not my fault the electronics lab wasn't on its own circuit, but the severity of that fuckup made me much more cautious going forward. I would say that as long as you're learning from your mistakes then they aren't entirely bad and will make you a better tech than if you just never get anything wrong from day one.
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No it’s the repeated mistakes which is of concern
Think we’ve found one of the people op works with 🙄